Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Trouble in iPaqland
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "HARDWARE" @ 03:00 AM
"If you were waiting patiently for HP's iPAQ 110 and 210 models that were due for release earlier this month, you may already know that you're out of luck. jkOnTheRun pieced together a few reader reports and discovered that HP's official site for the 210 now features the text "Coming in 2008!" That's a shame, since the last we heard these two PDAs should have been shipping by the 8th of this month. Anyone else had their order canceled? If so, HP's got some 'splainin' to do."
If you've been following the 210 forum thread, you'll know that some of our members have had their orders canceled with no real information on a new shipping date, except for a vague reference to end-February 2008. Apparently this applies not only to the 210 but possibly also the rest of the new iPaq lineup, which is pretty disappointing (to put it mildly) especially for us fans of the non-connected PDA. My personal guess is since HP are not using HTC as the ODM, whoever they have lined up as manufacturer either hasn't quite gotten all the bugs out in the assembly process, or is having trouble getting parts. With both flash memory and ARM processors much in demand at the moment (think: iPhone and iPod Touch, among others), and the relative rarity of 4" VGA screens, I'm thinking it's quite possibly both. Updates as we get them.
Update: Engadget (via Brighthand) are reporting that the 210 is definitely delayed due to "supply issues". The 110 is still on track for release next month, and has in fact started shipping, so presumably the rest of the lineup will meet their target release dates.
If you've been following the 210 forum thread, you'll know that some of our members have had their orders canceled with no real information on a new shipping date, except for a vague reference to end-February 2008. Apparently this applies not only to the 210 but possibly also the rest of the new iPaq lineup, which is pretty disappointing (to put it mildly) especially for us fans of the non-connected PDA. My personal guess is since HP are not using HTC as the ODM, whoever they have lined up as manufacturer either hasn't quite gotten all the bugs out in the assembly process, or is having trouble getting parts. With both flash memory and ARM processors much in demand at the moment (think: iPhone and iPod Touch, among others), and the relative rarity of 4" VGA screens, I'm thinking it's quite possibly both. Updates as we get them.
Update: Engadget (via Brighthand) are reporting that the 210 is definitely delayed due to "supply issues". The 110 is still on track for release next month, and has in fact started shipping, so presumably the rest of the lineup will meet their target release dates.
